Tanaidaceans (Crustacea) from the Central Pacific Manganese Nodule Province. I. The genera Collettea, Robustochelia and Tumidochelia

By

Larsen, Kim, 1965-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

87

Pages

19-41

Subjects

Collettea , Manganese nodule province , Robustochelia , Tanaidacea , Tanaidomorpha , Tumidochelia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.87.784

 

Abstract

Three new species of are described from the manganese nodule province between the Clarion and the Clipperton Fracture Zone of the equatorial North Pacific Ocean, and collected during the Nodinaut expedition on board the r/v l´Atalante in the summer of 2004. The new species belongs to three genera as: Collettea (C. longisetosa), Robustochelia (R. pacifica), and Tumidochelia (T. tuberculata). A key to the genus Tumidochelia is presented and the validity of the genera Robustochelia and Collettea is discussed.